NASA’s Orion Launch Canceled Due to High Winds and Boats

Today’s launch attempt has been scrubbed. The launch team is resetting for a launch tomorrow morning.

The launch team has tentatively set a liftoff time of 7:05 a.m. EST, the opening of a 2-hour, 39 minute window just as today. We will begin our launch coverage at 6 a.m. tomorrow on NASA TV and on the Orion blog. Tune into the blog and NASA.gov for continuing updates throughout the day.

The MPCV’s debut uncrewed test flight, known as Exploration Flight Test 1 (EFT-1), is scheduled to be launched aboard a Delta IV Heavy rocket on December 5, 2014.The first crewed mission is expected to take place after 2020.